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1	Manure Management and Environmental Quality
2	Can Livestock (manure) be Environmentally Friendly?
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4	Environmental Friendliness Water quality - Air quality - Soil Quality Three questions: 1. Are your inputs and outputs in balance? 2. Is the location of your livestock (manure) facility in the right place? 3. Do you apply your manure correctly? If you answer “yes” to these questions, your manure is an environmentally friendly organic nutrient source
5	1. Are Inputs & Outputs In Balance?
6	Manure Produces Good Crops
7	Corn Yields Using Chicken Manure
8	Manure Results in Better Water Quality
9	Nitrate in Tile Flow
10	Soil Nitrates Under Manured Field
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12	2. Where Does Your Manure Go? ...Hopefully NOT Down the River
13	Bad Feeding Location
14	Not A Good Location
15	Livestock Manure Is Collected Where it is Generated
16	Not a Good Location for Storage
17	A Better Place to Store Manure
18	3. Do you Apply Your Manure Correctly? …Good Distribution Allows you to use your Manure Efficiently
19	Solid Manure
20	Summary Properly managed manure is not an environmental threat. If you… Store the manure safely Don’t let it get into the waterways Use the nutrients efficiently Manure is a good source of plant nutrients, more environmentally friendly than purchased fertilizer
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